FYI

TIAA-CREF offers new service
TIAA-CREF has added a new service for UNH employees. In addition to providing on-site consultations, employees now can sign up for a prescheduled telephone consultation with a TIAA-CREF representative who will call at a convenient number, place, and time. The consultant can answer questions about specific accounts, provide an overview of TIAA-CREF and the enrollment process, and assist with specific inquiries about investment allocation, potential benefits of increasing contributions, distribution options and retirement benefits illustrations. Employees are invited to schedule consultations Thursday, May 26, and Thursday, June 30, from 8:30 a.m. and to 7 p.m. To sign up, visit http://www.tiaa-cref.org/moc. (05-23-05)

IRB sets summer schedule
The Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research (IRB) has set its summer 2005 meeting schedule as follows: June 22, July 13, and August 17. Deadlines for application are two weeks prior to the meeting dates. For more information, visit http://www.unh.edu/osr/compliance/IRB.html or call 2-2003/2-3536. (05-23-05)

Openings for older students at CSDC
The UNH Child Study and Development Center is accepting applications for limited openings in the full-day kindergarten program and older preschool classroom (4-year-olds) to start in late August 2005. CSDC is nationally accredited through NAEYC and offers tuition on a sliding scale to UNH students and employees. The kindergarten program is open to the wider Seacoast community. Info: Marion Ransom at 2-2835. (05-11-05)

Custodial services temporarily reduced
With the school year rapidly coming to a close, the Facilities Housekeeping group is actively planning work activities to support the year end clean-up of the Residence Halls and certain academic facilities. This is a concentrated initiative spanning four to six weeks as many of the dormitories will be used for summer conferences, athletic camps, etc. Consistent with prior year practices, facilities is consolidating its workforce and temporarily reducing the custodial service levels within many of the academic and administrative facilities, including those by external service provider, GCA Services Group. Bathrooms will continue to be serviced daily with the majority of the cleaning performed during the evening. However, many of the routine services such as floor cleaning and trash removal will be performed on a very limited basis. The current workforce planning model projects the year end summer clean-up to commence on or about May 20. In this four to six-week period, please contact the Facilities Support Center at 2-1437 for emerging custodial needs. (05-11-05)

First Year and Parents Orientation starts June 6
June First Year and Parents Orientations will be held June 6-7, 9-10, 13-14, 17, 20-21, and 23-24. New transfer academic advising will occur through the month of June. Each college/school will handle its own advising. Wwhen these students are on campus they will be signing up for meal plans, getting photo IDs, etc. Visit http://www.unh.edu/orientation/junetransfer.html to learn when these advising sessions will occur. (05-09-05)

Heating Plant to shut down for maintenance
The Heating Plant will be shut down for preventive maintenance from noon Saturday, May 21, to noon Friday, May 27. During that week, there will be no domestic hot water and no steam to the following buildings. No hot water and no steam to buildings: Conant (no heat to animal rooms), MUB, Field House, New Hampshire Hall, Hewitt Hall, Pettee Hall, and the Kendall Service Building. No steam (will have hot water): Huddleston Hall, Spaulding Hall, Holloway Commons, and Rudman Hall (will have hot water but limited air conditioning and no operational autoclaves). These builds will have cold water and fire protection. Info: Facilities Support Center at 2-1437. (05-09-05)

Staff Professional Development grant deadline is June 1
The next quarterly deadline for the Staff Professional Development grant is June 1, 2005. For detailed information on the grant and the application, please visit: http://www.unh.edu/hr/pod/pdfs/Staff-Prof-Dev-Grant.pdf. This grant is open to all operating, PAT and EE staff at Durham and Manchester who have been employed in a status position for a minimum of one year, and have not received a previous Staff Professional Development grant in the past 12 months. The maximum award per grant is $750. (05-05-05)

Camp Wildcat still has openings
There are still spaces available for all three sessions of Camp Wildcat 2005. Camp Wildcat is a day camp for youths going into grades 2 to 7. Session I runs from June 27-July 8, Session II from July 11-July 22, and Session III from July 25-August 5.  Cost per session of Camp Wildcat is $270. Registration is on a first come, first served basis. For more information, contact Cheryl Clark at 2-0845, cheryl.clark@unh.edu, or visit http://campusrec.unh.edu/summer/wildcat.html. (04-13-05)

Summer Work Study information available
The Financial Aid Office is preparing for the Summer Federal Work-Study Program. Student applications are available in the Financial Aid Office and online at http://www.unh.edu/financial-aid. Departments will receive information in the mail. Please contact Beth.Cilley@unh.edu or the Financial Aid Office at 2-3600 with questions. (03-16-05)

Summer learning program accepting students
Discover Summer Learning for students entering grades 1-6 will be held July 12 to Aug. 12, 2005, Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m. to noon, at the Oyster River Middle School. The program, which is offered by the UNH Department of Education, costs $150 for the first student and $130 for each additional child in a family. Scholarships are available. Register by June 4 and to receive a discount. To request an application, or for more information call Lisa Wilder at 2-2381. (03-16-05)